One of Life's Little Mysteries-Snake Jaws

[Mendel's Balls]

"One of the enduring myths about snake feeding mechanisms is the idea that the jaws detach," explained Patrick T. Gregory, a biology professor at the University of Victoria. "In fact, they stay connected all the time."

See http://www.livescience.com/mysteries...nake_jaws.html

[tigerlily]

That's pretty neat stuff. Thanks for the link.

[piranhaking]

Very interesting article. I have always heard they detach too. I guess now we know ...the rest.... of the story

[snakedude56]

Thanks for the article Mendel. Learning stuff like this is the best part of owning animals, at least I think so.

[ZEKESMOM]

Interesting....Thanks

[Evan Jamison]

Yeah, the "jaws detach" thing is one of those prevailing myths that will likely never completely disappear. Thanks for posting that Mendel. On a side note, the quadrate bones in mammals have become the middle ear bone, the incus. Just one of those slices of info that stuck with me from vertebrate zoology.

-Evan